Imagery Isomorphoric-
two objects are isomorphic if they are indistinguishable given only a selection of their features, and the isomorphism is the mapping of the set elements and the selected operations between the objects. A named isomorphism indicates which features are selected for this purpose. Thus, for example, two objects may be group isomorphic without being ring isomorphic, since the latter isomorphism selects the additional structure of the multiplicative operator. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isomorphism
Ethnobiologists- Ethnobiology is the scientific study of the way plants and animals are treated or used by different human cultures. It studies the dynamic relationships between peoples, biota, and environments, from the distant past to the immediate present.
"People-biota-environment" interactions around the world are documented and studied through time, across cultures, and across disciplines in a search for valid, reliable answers to two 'defining' questions: "How and in what ways do human societies use nature, and how and in what ways do human societies view nature? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnobiologist
Of all the readings so far this was by far the hardest which could be because I am sick and have had a crazy busy week. I will need someone to explain it to me for sure.
Cognitive Economy. The first principle contains the almost common-sense notion that, as an organism, what one wishes to gain from one's categories is a great deal of information about the environment while conserving finite resources as much as possible.
Perceived World Structure. The second principle of categorization asserts that unlike the sets of stimuli used in traditional laboratory-concept attainment tasks, the perceived world -is not an unstructured total set of equiprobable cooccurring attributes.
You are not alone. This was difficult to follow. I had to do some on the side research and I am still a little confused. See you tonight. Don't forget to bring 3 ideas tonight!
I was confused at first, but once I started reading the second chapter in Bloom's book things from the article made more sense.
Basically, what I've gathered is, as humans, we have put items into categories to help our brains and memories organize our experiences. In Bloom's book he has referenced this as Essentialism. It is impossible for our minds to remember every detail of every plant, dog, chair, etc that we've encountered so our brain will group things in order to better understand everything. The article argues that the ability for us to place items into specific categories is not taught, children learn from an early age to put certain things into certain categories.
I had very similar thoughts on the article. What I started thinking though is how important is is for us to compartmentalize situations and categorize items. We do it to make our lives easier, however, categorizing things like race have ripped entire societies apart. I mean us being able to merely hear someone speak that's enough for us to know where they are from and throw them in a box. I know the argument is that children categorize objects/items naturally but I feel the groups they place them in has a lot to do with their upbringing.
I myself understood the first section very clearly, and the second well enough, but was confused reading the third section.
Isomorphoric-
two objects are isomorphic if they are indistinguishable given only a selection of their features, and the isomorphism is the mapping of the set elements and the selected operations between the objects. A named isomorphism indicates which features are selected for this purpose. Thus, for example, two objects may be group isomorphic without being ring isomorphic, since the latter isomorphism selects the additional structure of the multiplicative operator.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isomorphism
Ethnobiologists-
Ethnobiology is the scientific study of the way plants and animals are treated or used by different human cultures. It studies the dynamic relationships between peoples, biota, and environments, from the distant past to the immediate present.
"People-biota-environment" interactions around the world are documented and studied through time, across cultures, and across disciplines in a search for valid, reliable answers to two 'defining' questions: "How and in what ways do human societies use nature, and how and in what ways do human societies view nature?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnobiologist
Of all the readings so far this was by far the hardest which could be because I am sick and have had a crazy busy week. I will need someone to explain it to me for sure.
Cognitive Economy. The first principle contains the almost common-sense notion that, as an organism, what one wishes to gain from one's categories is a great deal of information about the environment while conserving finite resources as much as possible.
Perceived World Structure. The second principle of categorization asserts that unlike the sets of stimuli used in traditional laboratory-concept attainment tasks, the perceived world -is not an unstructured total set of equiprobable cooccurring attributes.
You are not alone. This was difficult to follow. I had to do some on the side research and I am still a little confused. See you tonight. Don't forget to bring 3 ideas tonight!
I was confused at first, but once I started reading the second chapter in Bloom's book things from the article made more sense.
Basically, what I've gathered is, as humans, we have put items into categories to help our brains and memories organize our experiences. In Bloom's book he has referenced this as Essentialism. It is impossible for our minds to remember every detail of every plant, dog, chair, etc that we've encountered so our brain will group things in order to better understand everything. The article argues that the ability for us to place items into specific categories is not taught, children learn from an early age to put certain things into certain categories.
I had very similar thoughts on the article. What I started thinking though is how important is is for us to compartmentalize situations and categorize items. We do it to make our lives easier, however, categorizing things like race have ripped entire societies apart. I mean us being able to merely hear someone speak that's enough for us to know where they are from and throw them in a box. I know the argument is that children categorize objects/items naturally but I feel the groups they place them in has a lot to do with their upbringing.
I myself understood the first section very clearly, and the second well enough, but was confused reading the third section.